The French Socialist Party should be ashamed of itself.

The Socialist party here in France is a disgrace to the country’s politics, and here are a few reasons why.

The quotes reprinted below were taken from press statements issued over the last few days by various socialists here, and they are anything but pretty to read.

This is Arnaud Montebourg, a prominent socialist, talking about the presidential style of Nicolas Sarkozy. “(His way of governing is) Abusive, like that of Julius Caeser. His ego governs French political choices. He represents insidious Poutin-style politics”. No less.

Here’s Ségolène Royal on the subject of Rachida Dati, the Justice Minister, getting back to work after having a baby. Royal thinks it was too soon, and it’s all the President’s fault in her view so she denounces his “Brutal, humiliating and provocative behavior and his lack of respect. He has bullied her psychologically, obliging her to make a Cornelian choice. It’s moral harassment. I would advise the child’s father to take maternity leave”. Wonderful stuff, and Mrs Dati finds it ridiculous.

The ex Socialist party leader François Hollande has this to say about Eric Besson, who left the Socialist party to join Sarkozy’s Presidential campaign. “He’s quite happy to be a traitor, so let’s just let him get on with it”. A traitor. Elegant words.

The Socialists’ virulent mud-slinging is reprehensible. They are supposed to be the country’s main opposition party but they offer no alternative policies to help resolve the country’s problems. The modus operandi is pure and simple frontal opposition to anything and everything and everyone. Every piece of proposed legislation is insulted in violently aggressive terms and filibustering has sometimes resulted in thousands of irrelevant amendments being proposed to slow down debate on new laws. In fact they even voted against a law containing changes to certain elements of the constitution that they had proposed themselves when in power but didn’t get the time to put into practice!!

Schoolchildren are being encouraged by the Socialists to go on strike and demonstrate against new education laws, and the recent riots in Greece were propagandised by Socialists to predict what they termed as justifiable copycat riots in France.

The situation within the Socialist party itself is even worse. Verbal battles and insults are everywhere, and most of this is going on within the context of jockying for party power for the next Presidential elections in.......three years time!! It’s going to be a long haul. People are leaving or being expulsed from the party and no-one has a clue about how to put together a credible alternative to the right.

Oh, and Gaza? The recent spate of synagogue burning here is grudgingly and only-half condemned in short and mumbled phrases by the Socialists who, as an explanation, offer their “understanding of the tensions” and are using the opportunity to blame what it sees as the Government’s failed efforts to integrate the immigrant community.

French Socialists should be ashamed of themselves. The country is already ashamed of them, that’s for sure.

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This article was prompted by a contributor who, in commenting a previous post of mine, was surprised at the Socialists’ lack of questions to the government concerning what is happening to Ex French Colonies.  I have been only too pleased to explain why. The Socialists are quite simply too busy committing collective suicide to be able to do their job.